The area is known as “Two Lights” due to the history of the station. It was originally built in 1828 as two rubble stone towers 300 yards apart. Steam-driven warning whistles were installed in the twin towers in 1869, the first used in North America. In 1874, both structures were replaced by conical towers made of cast-iron, each 67 feet high and 129 feet above sea level. Despite its twin beacons, Cape Elizabeth witnessed many shipwrecks. In January 1885, during a raging snowstorm, keeper Marcus A. Hanna made a daring rescue of two seamen from the schooner Australia, which had run aground on a nearby ledge.
Cape Elizabeth Light
This is a 15 X 20 pencil drawing on cold-pressed paper, It has been framed, double-matted, and covered in non-glare glass.
